Communications

Pursuant to Maryland's Public Information Act ("PIA"), I hereby request the following records:

Any and all correspondence to or from employees of the Office of the Governor from email addresses with the domain name "@rga.org" and any and all correspondence to or from employees of the Office of the Governor that reference the term "Republican Governors Association" or "RGA." This includes - but is not limited to -- any and all email, invitations, schedules, agendas and/or calendar items. I hereby request such correspondence from 6/1/16 to the present. If you need any clarification on this request, please call me at International Business Times at (646) 867-7100. I am the senior editor for investigations at the publication.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

You have declined to pay fees, and you have also not taken the opportunityto talk with me about the scope of your request. As noted in my letter ofOctober 17, I emphasized that we are open to discuss ways to narrow thescope of your PIA request in an effort to lower potential costs, and if wecould agree upon a more targeted search that we could potentiallyreconsider your request for a fee waiver.

If we have not received payment by November 4, 2016, we will consider thisrequest closed. And again, we are happy to further discuss your PIArequest to see if we can narrow the scope and target specific individualswithin the Office of the Governor who may possess the documents in question(rather than every member of the staff who received press releasesreferencing the RGA).

NOTICE: This message and any attachments may constitute a confidentialattorney-client communication, protected attorney work-product, or otherprivileged or confidential information, including but not limited toExecutive Privilege. It is intended only for the designated and intendedrecipient(s). It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, anyunauthorized persons. If you have received this communication in error orare not an intended recipient, do not review, disseminate, distribute orcopy it. Notify the sender by reply e-mail or by calling *(410) 974-2193*,and delete it from your system. Thank you.

NOTICE: This message and any attachments may constitute a confidentialattorney-client communication, protected attorney work-product, or otherprivileged or confidential information, including but not limited toExecutive Privilege. It is intended only for the designated and intendedrecipient(s). It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, anyunauthorized persons. If you have received this communication in error orare not an intended recipient, do not review, disseminate, distribute orcopy it. Notify the sender by reply e-mail or by calling *(410) 974-2193*,and delete it from your system. Thank you.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 5, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I was forwarded an email asking to follow up on a PIA request made to theOffice of the Governor made on October 5. It appears to me that thisrequest has already been fulfilled. If you would like to discuss whatfollow-up is necessary, feel free to contact me at any time.